Weather Records on 16 January 1955

318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1955. Highest significance: Hoofddorp, NL.

Key Facts for 16 January 1955

On 16 January 1955, 318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 307 daily.
Hoofddorp set a daily record precipitation of 28.9 mm (1.1 in) on 16 January 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

318 stations

318 station records on 16 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

318 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 16 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 16 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 January 1955

Top 20 records on 16 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1955	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Scheveningen, NL	monthly rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Lubeck-Werft, DE	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Sviland, NO	all-time snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1955	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1955	Scipio, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1955	Ganca, AZ	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1955	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1955	Carire, BR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1955	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1955	Reitz 36, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 318 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-16 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	1
1804	1
1818	1
1820	2
1826	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	3
1847	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	2
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1875	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	4
1886	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	8
1895	5
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	17
1900	1
1901	1
1902	5
1904	6
1905	22
1906	26
1907	17
1908	14
1909	19
1910	21
1911	15
1912	38
1913	52
1914	16
1915	29
1916	28
1917	30
1918	89
1919	50
1920	249
1921	36
1922	29
1923	47
1924	277
1925	237
1926	69
1927	250
1928	327
1929	130
1930	680
1931	160
1932	605
1933	343
1934	99
1935	426
1936	349
1937	186
1938	549
1939	539
1940	284
1941	601
1942	585
1943	628
1944	252
1945	434
1946	430
1947	597
1948	299
1949	933
1950	855
1951	679
1952	614
1953	1,040
1954	882
1955	318
1956	519
1957	795
1958	459
1959	462
1960	349
1961	864
1962	387
1963	996
1964	577
1965	910
1966	464
1967	516
1968	536
1969	630
1970	729
1971	628
1972	1,724
1973	1,134
1974	1,957
1975	717
1976	593
1977	1,430
1978	1,399
1979	1,043
1980	965
1981	815
1982	1,121
1983	759
1984	1,376
1985	846
1986	785
1987	1,465
1988	597
1989	835
1990	1,692
1991	897
1992	1,150
1993	1,351
1994	2,003
1995	1,381
1996	995
1997	1,016
1998	884
1999	816
2000	1,073
2001	753
2002	605
2003	691
2004	1,446
2005	654
2006	746
2007	1,962
2008	777
2009	1,328
2010	739
2011	996
2012	569
2013	990
2014	534
2015	424
2016	453
2017	1,104
2018	1,045
2019	512
2020	1,098
2021	544
2022	576
2023	646
2024	2,401
2025	684
2026	506

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	226
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1